If we're competitive, we have great fans here. Calgary is a wealthy city, and Alberta is a wealthy province. The problem isn't the small market -- our problem is for seven years, we haven't got into the playoffs. We have to make the playoffs and show all the people. If we come up and make the playoffs this year, this franchise could take off big time.

I don't think it was the pressure of the contract or anything else. I really think it was the physical shortcomings he had to deal with because of the injuries, and that kind of slowed him down in the first half.

It was really incidental. It wasn't even a distraction for either team. Maybe the fans and everyone else got excited, but for us, for the most part, it really didn't have any impact on the game at all.

I'm proud of Andrew. In front of all those fans, he was very mature. There are a lot of kids who would have chucked it in after that first quarter, and he'd get right back out there and went at it. A quality kid.

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I occasionally get birthday cards from fans. But it's often the same message: They hope it's my last.